JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 22Geneva - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 22ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde, 2May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe? 3Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright? 4Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement? 5Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable? 6For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked. 7To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie. 8But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it. 9Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken. 10Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee: 11Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee. 12Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are. 13But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude? 14The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen. 15Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked? 16Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed: 17Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them. 18Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me. 19The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne. 20Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them. 21Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie. 22Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart. 23If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle. 24Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers. 25Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer. 26And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God. 27Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes. 28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes. 29When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person. 30The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands. ‹Previous chapterJob 21Next chapterJob 23›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 22 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain